What is the purpose behind commercials that use television as a
medium? Provide a rationale for your answer.
Based on your understanding of persuasion, what is the
theoretical basis of these commercials?
Support your answer with relevant examples.
In your opinion, can individuals avoid or overcome unwanted
persuasions? How? If you were asked to design a training seminar to
teach individuals how to avoid unwanted persuasion, what details
would you take into consideration and why?
What is the rationale behind mandatory financial disclosure?
What determines the level of
resources that countries are willing to devote to regulating
their capital markets?
Use the concept of risk pooling to discuss the reasoning behind
the provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA) to create state-based health insurance exchanges, where
anyone (individuals or groups) would be eligible to purchase
affordable coverage. Why private insurers, often not willing to
sell insurance contracts to small employer groups before the
enactment of PPACA, may be more inclined to offer an “essential
benefits package” at affordable rates through such exchanges in the
near future?
Specifically, what is the physiological basis behind the use of
Beta 2 agonists, what are the side effects
associated with its use, does it actually work, what type of
athlete would benefit from its use, and is it banned in competition
by the WADA and NCAA or NAIA?
5. What simple assumption is behind the Franck‐Condon Principle?
Why do we use a concept of “vertical transitions” in understanding
electronic spectra?
Explain the concept of interest rate parity. Provide the
rationale for its possible existence. Assume that the existing U.S.
one‑year interest rate is 10 percent and the Canadian one‑year
interest rate is 11 percent. Also assume that interest rate parity
exists. Should the forward rate of the Canadian dollar exhibit a
discount or a premium? If U.S. investors attempt covered interest
arbitrage, what will be their return? If Canadian investors attempt
covered interest arbitrage, what will be their return?